Best time to fly out of Columbus (CSG)
Columbus did not fly enough departures in this window to split the day into time bands. Not enough flights to say. A percentage needs at least 100 flights behind it before it is worth printing; anything thinner is noise wearing a decimal point. These are historical odds, not forecasts. The records say what happened on this schedule over three years; they know nothing about tomorrow’s thunderstorm.
Data through June 2026 · Bureau of Transportation Statistics
On-time rate by hour and day
On this page, “on time” means a departure that pushed back less than 15 minutes behind its scheduled time — the Bureau of Transportation Statistics definition, and the one airlines are held to.
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Not enough flights to say — fewer than 100 in this window.
The year at CSG
July was the hard month at CSG: 80.7% of departures left on time, across 167 flights. November was the easy one at 91.4%. Each month pools three years of that month, so a single bad week does not decide it.
| Month | Share departures that left on time | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| January | Not enough flights to say | 82 |
| February | Not enough flights to say | 78 |
| March | Not enough flights to say | 88 |
| April | Not enough flights to say | 86 |
| May | Not enough flights to say | 88 |
| June | Not enough flights to say | 90 |
| July | 80.7% | 167 |
| August | 85.4% | 164 |
| September | 86.6% | 161 |
| October | 90.6% | 170 |
| November | 91.4% | 164 |
| December | 88.1% | 153 |
Airlines at CSG
Every airline with at least 100 departures from CSG, busiest first. These are that airline’s departures from this airport only — its record across the country sits on its own page.
| Airline | Left on time | Typical delay | Cancelled | Departures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Endeavor Air | 86.3% | 92 min | 2.6% | 766 |
| SkyWest Airlines | 84.8% | 100 min | 0.6% | 719 |
What delays out of CSG were put down to
Airlines file a reason with every arrival running 15 minutes late or more. Across 218 flights that departed CSG and ran 15 minutes late or more, the delay minutes break down with 53.5% put down to airline operations and 26.6% to late-arriving aircraft.
- Late-arriving aircraft 26.6%
- Airline operations 53.5%
- Air traffic & airport volume 7%
- Severe weather 12.8%
- Security 0%
Late-arriving aircraft is the knock-on category: the plane came in late, so it went out late again. It is why a 7am problem in Newark is still a problem in Denver at dinnertime, and why it is usually the biggest slice on the bar.
If you are connecting through CSG
Of 1,491 scheduled arrivals into CSG, 81.3% reached the gate less than 15 minutes behind schedule. Of the 255 arrivals that ran late, 47.1% were no more than 45 minutes behind — which is the difference between a tight connection and a new boarding pass.
Work out a specific layover — pick the airport and the minutes you have, and the tool reads the same arrival records back as a share.
Busiest routes out of CSG
Ranked by flights, with the share that arrived on time at the far end. Where a route carries enough flights for a page of its own the chip goes there; otherwise it goes to the destination airport.
- ATL 85.1% on time · 1,491 flights
CSG in one number
Columbus (CSG)
Rank 311 of 363 US airports by departures. Steadiest stretch of the day: —. Hardest month: July.
Questions about CSG
- What is the worst month to fly out of CSG?
- July: 80.7% of the departures that flew left on time, with 167 scheduled. November was the other end of the year at 91.4%. Each figure pools three years of that calendar month.
- Which airline is most on time at CSG?
- Endeavor Air — 86.3% of its 766 departures from CSG left on time. SkyWest Airlines sat at the other end at 84.8% over 719 flights. Only airlines with at least 100 departures here are ranked.
- How often are flights cancelled at CSG?
- 1.6% of scheduled departures were cancelled over July 2023 through June 2026. Cancellations are counted against everything scheduled, not against everything that flew — a rate that looks small still adds up to real people in a rebooking line.